Dear You.

There’s no sympathy in football.

You do things based on emotions and pity or out of perfect judgement.

You suffer.

Leo Messi is currently being booed at PSG.

Add Neymar to that booing list as well.

But who can blame the PSG fans?

When you have Neymar, Mbappé and Messi in a squad.

That squad should do miracles.

But we forget that football is a team sport.

And even for single sports, strategy and coaching plays a great role.

(WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RONALDO VS MESSI BIASED POST. ONLY COMMENT POISONOUSLY IF YOU CAN TAKE ACIDIC VENOM AS WELL.)

That’s why Ronaldo is yet to win Champions League with another club other than Real Madrid.

That’s why Neymar is yet to win the Champs League for PSG after many seasons.

That’s why Pep Guardiola is also yet to get it with another club other than Barcelona.

To win the Champions League everything must be right.

Barca won it with the right squad and manager.

Same for Liverpool, Chelsea and the teams that won it.

Pep would always tell you. It’s not yet time to win the UCL for this City squad.

That’s what he said until last season.

Knowing that he needs the perfect situation to win the UCL.

Now.

In all these, we must understand that Leo Messi is just having his first season away from Barcelona.

Pep killing the EPL now didn’t have a first season glory in England.

These things happen.

You are coming to a new squad. With a new mindset and a new philosophy.

You just may not get it at the first attempt.

Even though you are Leo Messi.

Pochettino is an average manager.

At worst he should be managing Valencia, Everton, Sevilla, Villarreal, Tottenham and the likes.

Not PSG.

Any manager that can not use a team like this current PSG stocks shouldn’t be given a Grade A club job.

As a manager. I would have won Real Madrid over the two legs with strategy.

Hakimi and Di Maria on the right wing.

Neymar and Mbappé on the left wing.

Is all you need to have Messi do his magic even at his age.

Icardi as main 9.

Messi as false 9.

And solid defensive midfielders behind them.

This should be a 100 mins plan.

Tell your players to maintain this for 100 mins.

Mbappé is younger and have more energy than Neymar.

Mbappé can run faster too.

On that wing having him and Neymar with Mbappé falling deeper most times will confuse Madrid. It confused them for the only goal PSG scored. Mbappé had to cover a massive space before scoring that goal.

But will Mbappé listen to Poch?

I am sure he will listen to Zidane or Pep.

Neymar as false 9 didn’t work.

And the team didn’t see Messi as false 9. So they didn’t give him the ball as often as they should at the final kill.

Well.

All stories now.

Sadly Leo is being criticized and booed.

He will be alright.

He can take care of himself.

And let’s assume he can’t.

His deeds and historical achievement are already unbelievable.

No.

Xavi won’t take Messi just yet.

I don’t believe the rumours.

Messi won’t leave PSG at the end of the season.

I don’t believe that lie too.

What I expect to happen is the sack of Poch.

The introduction of Zidane.

The departure of Mbappé.

And what that departure money can buy.

PSG will win the Champions League when they do that.

Until then Messi would have to endure the boo. They have all experienced these down times.

Ronaldo’s last hat trick doesn’t suddenly erase the doubting period.

In all fairness to Ronaldo. At this age of his. He is doing far too much. And so we understand why he didn’t play against Man City.

(YEAH NO WAY WE CAN TALK ABOUT MESSI THESE DAYS WITHOUT MENTIONING RONALDO. IT IS WHAT IT IS).

YOUR MESSI SPOTTER
EDIALE

#FORTHECULTURE

PS: MESSI BACK WITH THIS BARCELONA SQUAD WILL BE CONFUSING. BUT IT COULD WORK SOMEHOW THOUGH. AND THEN I HEAR CITY WILL LAND HAALAND. AT THIS POINT. IT’S HAALAND THAT NEEDS BARCELONA NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND.